Have you tried just turning the firewall "off"? It would at least let you know if things work.
On Jan 24, 2014, at 3:48 PM, Dan Hsu <dk...@ucdavis.edu> wrote: > Ralph, thanks. I checked, and 'remote login' has been on. > > It's frustrating, like pulling-out-hair time. > > > On 1/24/2014 1:11 PM, Ralph Castain wrote: >> The procs attempt to open a socket back to mpirun for communication, so the >> firewall has to allow TCP communication. I usually turn on the "remote >> login" feature in the "sharing" area in preferences. >> >> >> On Jan 23, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Dan Hsu <dk...@ucdavis.edu> wrote: >> >>> Hi All >>> >>> Am trying to run a parallel molecular simulation from the directory >>> containing the executable (using only available cores on the local cpus) on >>> Mac Lion and keep getting an apparent firewall error that cannot be >>> resolved. I am entering: >>> >>> mpirun -np 2 -e ./mpierr1 dock6.mpi -otherinput >>> >>> and get transient (too quick to Allow) notification messages 'Do you want >>> the application "orterun" to accept incoming network connections? Clicking >>> Deny may limit....... The setting can be changed in the firewall >>> pane......." >>> >>> The mpirun message says: >>> -------------- >>> Initializing MPI Routines... >>> Initializing MPI Routines... >>> -------------- >>> >>> I can specify orterun as a trusted app with "sudo >>> /usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw -t /usr/local/bin/orterun". >>> Before, and after allowing firewall access by orterun and dock6.mpi I get >>> the following by viewing the /var/log/appfirewall.log: >>> >>> Jan 24 00:48:45 Dans-Mac Firewall[23513]: orterun is listening from >>> 0.0.0.0:50722 proto=6 >>> Jan 24 00:48:45 Dans-Mac Firewall[23513]: dock6.mpi is listening from >>> 0.0.0.0:50723 proto=6 >>> Jan 24 00:48:45 Dans-Mac Firewall[23513]: dock6.mpi is listening from >>> 0.0.0.0:50724 proto=6 >>> Jan 24 00:48:45 Dans-Mac Firewall[23513]: dock6.mpi is listening from >>> 0.0.0.0:1024 proto=6 >>> Jan 24 00:48:45 Dans-Mac Firewall[23513]: dock6.mpi is listening from >>> 0.0.0.0:1025 proto=6 >>> >>> It appears that something is trying to start but cannot, and I dont know >>> what else to try. Can anyone suggest how this might be resolved? >>> >>> Thanks much for any input! >>> Dan >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> users mailing list >>> us...@open-mpi.org >>> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> us...@open-mpi.org >> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users
